Skeining machine



March 16 1926.

C. C. JESSEN SKEINING MACHINE Filed Feb. 5, 1925 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 anwmtoz CHARLES C. Jess EN,

March 16 1926.

1,576,610 c. c. JE'SSEN SKEINING MACHINE Filed Feb. 5 1925 3 Sheets-Sheet} AIL March 16 1926.

1,576,610 C.C.JESSEN SKEINING PfACHliNE Filed Feb. 5, 1925 s Sheets-Sheet 5 noeutoz CHARLES C. JzssEN,

Patented Mar. 16, 1926.

UNITED srarss rsizaue PATENT OFFICE. 7

CHARLES C. JESSEN, 0F WILMINGTON, DELAVARE, ASSIGNOE TO'ATLAS PO'WDER COMPANY, OF VIILMINGTON, DELANVARE, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

SKEINING MACHINE.

Application filed February 5, 1925. Serial No. 7,070.

To all whom it may comer-n Be it known that CHAnLns G. JnssEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Wilmington, in the county of New Castle and State of Delaware, has invented certain new and useful Improvements in Skeining Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a skeining ma chine adapted to wind threads and strands in skein form upon swifts. The primary object of the invention is to provide a ma chine of this character comprising a multi phcity of units all driven from a common drive shaft but each being arranged to be cut out of operation without affecting any of the other units and to effect this through a medium of mechanism of marked simplicity and economy of construction. I

Further objects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in the detailed description which follows: V i In the accompanying drawings,

Fi ure'l is a lan view of a aart of a skeining machine constructedin accordance with the invention with certain of the parts broken away and others omitted to preserve the elearness of the drawing.

Figure 2 is a side elevation-of the structure of Fig. 1.

liigiu'e Sis an end elevation, and Figure. f is a detailed sectional View thr ugh a portion of one of the units. 1

Like numerals designate corresponding parts in all of the figures of the drawings:

The sl-:eining machine of the present invention comprises a base frame 5, which may be of any desired length and may support any desired number of skeining units. Each unit comprises a transverse shaft 6, carrying a friction disc 7 at its inner end and a swift 8 at its outer end. These swifts are of a known construction, each compriscarried by hub like blocks 10 and 11 and the arms at right angles thereto being carried by hub like skeins of thread, of any character, swifts, they may be collapsed to permit'of the ready removal of the skeins by mov one of the pairs of arms toward the other? blocks 12 and 13. Upon the completion of the operation of windingthe upon the pair of arms, in a manner common in the art.

The shafts 6 are mounted in bearing brackets 15 and carry bevelpinions 16, said pinions being splined upon said shafts by feather keys; 17. .The shafts 6 are further provided with collars 18 and springs 19 bear between these collars and loose collars 20. Thus the springs 1'3 tend to move the shafts 6 inwardly -to bring their friction discs 7 into contact with driving friction discs 21. upon a main drive shaft 22t-o which motion may be imparted by a beltor otherwise. To provide for the application of power to theshaft 22 a pulley 23 is mounted upon said shaft. Thus it: is manifest that rotation of the shaft 22 will impartrotation to theseveral shafts 6 and to the'swifts carried thereby, through the medium of the friction discs 21 and 7 if said discs are incontact with each other. The action of the springs 19 tends to maintain the discs 7 in driving contact with the discs The beveled pinions 16 mesh with beveled pinions 24 0f slightly larger diameter, the latter being mounted upon shafts 25, journaled at one end in the bearings 15 and at their ends in bearing brackets 26. shafts 25 carry crank discs27 and these crank discs in turn carry wrist pins 28 that are movable in guideways 29, of slide blocks 30. The blocks 30 are carried by sliding traverse rods. 31, and these rods in turn carry guides 32 over which the thread passed on its way to the swifts. Thus as a swift is rotated to wind the threads there- The on by the action of the shaft 6 the traverse arm is caused to move back and forth across the face of the swift and to wind the thread thereon in the usual and desired diamond formation.

When a swift has received the amount of thread constituting a full skein and it be comes necessary to remove said skein from the swift, the swift may be brought to rest without stopping any of the other-units of the machine by the operator pulling ou wardly upon a handle 33 associated-with the operating mechanism of the swift; Each of the handles constitutes an extension of a These ,,.-P thehafndle 3-3 of any vertical arm 34 that is pivoted at 3 5; arms carry thrust blocks 36 that tar to the arms 34;. When swift is drawn outwardly the corresponding tirust block 36 is forced against-the inner face of the disc 7 and said'disc is forced. out of Contact with the correspondingdrivinr disc 21. The contact of'thc thrust block Cit with the disc 7 not only thrusts the disc out of engagement with the disc 21 but said thrust block acts as a. braking elen'ient to bring the swift quickly to rest. It is manifest that the movement of the handle 38 results in moving the shaft endwise and against the tension of the s n'ingltl. This action may take place without affecting the engagement of the gears 16 and 24 because the gears 16 are splinedupon their respective shafts.

Supporting standards 38 disposed at intervals in the length of the frame 5, carry a longitudinally extending bar '39. Books having spring arms 41. project from bar 4) and receive cylinders indicated at -12, upon which cylinders the thread. is wound, when brought to the machine preparatory to winding the same into skein form. These cylinders are slipped upon the blocks 40 and are held there by frictional action of the springs -;l-?.. The thread led from the cylinders, over guides 43, which project in opposite directions from the bar 39 and thence to the guides of the traverse arms and to the swifts.

From the foregoing it will be seen that a skeining machine is herein provided. constructed in such manner that a single oper ator may take care of a plurality of ewifts and. that such operator inaystop any of the swifts, at will, either for the purpose of removing the skeins or for purposes of repair, without interfering with any ofthc other swifts.

it will further be seen that the mechanism for effecting the operation of all ofthese swifts from a common drive shaft of a very simple and inexpensivenature.

it is to he understood that the invention is not limited to the particular embodiment herein shown and described, but that .it includes within its purview whatever changes fairly come within either the tcrn'is or the spirit of the appended claims.

Having described my invention. what I claim is;

I. A machine of the character described. comprising a longitudinally extending main drive shaft, a plurality of swift carrying Siliftk? cxtendingin opposite directions therefrom, friction discs upon the inner ends'of said swift carrying shafts, friction discs upon the main drive shaft, with which the first named friction discs engage, spring means upon the swift carrying shafts, tending to move the said shafts to bring their discs into engagement with the discs of the main drive shaft, pivoted manually operable levers which extend across the faces of the discs ofthe swift carrying shafts, and brake element-s carried by said levers and bearing upon the friction discs of the swift carrying shafts and handle extensions upon on the main drive shaftwith which the first named friction disks engage, spring means upon the swift carrying shafts tending to move the said shafts longitudinally to bring their discs into engagement with the discs of the main drive shaft, beveled pinions cliding upon the swift carrying shafts, beveled pinions meshing with the first named pinion.

'shafts upon which the beveled pinions are mounted, cranks and wrist pins upon the ends of said shafts, sliding blocks with which said wrist pins are engaged. and, traverse rods by which the sliding blocks are carried. 7

3. A. machine of the character described comprising an elongated main frame, a lon gitudinally extending main drive shaft thereon, a plurality of horizontally dis 'mscd swift carrying shafts, extending laterally in opposite directions with respect to the main drive shaft, individual friction drive mech anisms between the main shaft and. each of the said swift carrying shafts, comprising interengaging friction d upon the main shaft and the swift carrying shafts. respectively, an individual, manually operable controlling member for each swift carr wun' shaft, each of said controlling members coutprising a horizontal portion and a vertical portioiLl'he horizontal portions of said members extending outwardly and terminating in handles above the swifts and the vertical portions extending downwaroly across the faces of the discs of the swift carrving shafts and heing pivoted below the level of said discs, and thrust blocks constituting brakingelements pivoted'npon said vertical portions and bearing against the imierfaccs of thediscs of the swift carrying shaft In testimony whereof he atlixes s CHARLES C. JIJSSEK,

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